Captain Jebediah follows up on Commander Valentina’s previous atmospheric observations with a more complete survey over Area KP-879 for the Field Research Team’s pollen level studies
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scientists say pollen counts have lowered, but want a Civvie flight tmrw to check up north over central plains region for more regional data
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Grasslands to the west are closer but they suspect some of wind-borne spores are also coming from up north, how much tho still a question
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Cpt Jeb will remain on standby this day cycle hoping for a higher cloud ceiling or clearer skies, as right now we are lacking either
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mission plan calls for 2hrs of Civvie ops so Jeb is out of time to ensure takeoff & landing before 2nd sunset. Standing down til 3rd sunrise
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skies are clear over KSC & reports from airships transiting the region say weather is just as good to the north as well. Jeb suiting back up
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Val inspected the Civvie while Jeb reviewed his briefing, is now climbing aboard to preflight. Today's destination: bit.ly/Area_KP-879
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Jeb will do up north what Val planned to also do before the storm rushed her last week - orbit @ 10km, first 1km then 2km & finally 3km ASL
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winds are calm, Jeb has taxi/takeoff clearance for Runway 27. Bob is helping out in the VAB so Val is heading to the runway to see him off
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200m up & climbing out, without any zoom Jeb is almost already lost into the vast sky if not for it still a bit dark & nav lights bright
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Jeb is cruising @ 2.5km & has passed behind the Western Mtns out of contact. we expect to hear from him again in no more than 1.5hrs
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radio contact re-established as Jeb returns over the Western Mtns. Winds still calm, Jeb has begun descent, requested & is cleared for Rwy09
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Jeb is lined up 16km out for final approach, coming in hot @ ~85m/s but leveling out well before the runway will slow Civvie down quickly
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aces on the landing, Jeb is taxiing back in & reports he was able to complete the mission as intended, Wx stayed great over central plains
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photo from over the central plains from 2km, hopefully researchers can use collected data to determine how much these trees affect us @ KSC
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a look at Cpt Jeb's masterful circular step-climb around bit.ly/Area_KP-879 yesterday. He & Val are taking Civvie nav to new lengths!
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quiet end to the week, but exciting stuff announced during it so get caught up via bit.ly/OpsSummary10-2… & have a great weekend!
